John Travolta hints he’s reuniting with Grease co-star Olivia Newton John for a new duet to celebrate film’s 40th anniversary
The 64-year-old superstar said a huge announcement is just weeks away and thinking about it 'makes him want to cry'
JOHN Travolta has confirmed he and Olivia Newton John will team up for a very special Grease reunion this year.
The Hollywood star, 64, said the big reveal for the film's 40th anniversary is just weeks away and thinking about it makes him emotional.
He told : “Oh we have got big plans this year!
“But I can’t announce them yet. I’m a couple of weeks away from it so stand by, but I could cry when I think about it! You are going to love it.”
A source close to the project said: “John and Olivia absolutely want to sing again together for this reunion. It is just a case of making it the right project, that is stylish, cool and classy. They have been offered everything from a world tour to a TV special where they repeat the drama."
John played ladies man Danny and Olivia, 69, naive exchange student Sandy in the 1978 hit.
Grease took £280m at the box office worldwide, making it the highest-grossing movie musical of all time.
Since battling cancer in 1992, Olivia has dedicated much of her life to raising money for Breast Cancer Research.
She opted to have a partial mastectomy and underwent chemotherapy and a breast reconstruction before being given a clean bill of health.
But in June last year she revealed the disease had returned and the cancer had spread to her spine, leaving her in crippling pain.
In an emotional interview with Karl Stefanovic on Australian current affairs programme 60 minutes Olivia revealed she was using cannabis to treat her pain.
Calling it a "magical, miracle plant" she told of how her husband, John Easterling, grew the class B drug for her.
She said: "It is not hard to get.
"He grew cannabis for me and made tinctures for me to take for pain and inflammation and so many other things that cannabis can do.
"It really is a magical miracle plant."
Olivia was forced to postpone tour dates in June when her cancer returned.
A post on Facebook that month revealed her pain at her cancer's recurrence.
The statement read: "The back pain that initially caused her to postpone the first half of her concert tour, has turned out to be breast cancer that has metastasised to the sacrum.
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"In addition to natural wellness therapies, Olivia will complete a short course of photon radiation therapy and is confident she will be back later in the year, better than ever, to celebrate her shows."
She revealed she would undertake natural therapies as well as a short course of photon radiation therapy.
She added: "I decided on my direction of therapies after consultation with my doctors and natural therapists and the medical team at my Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness and Research Centre in Melbourne, Australia."
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